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French Revolution VS. American Revolution and how they are related. French Revolution American Revolution http://groveland.spps.org/uploads/AmericanRevolutionTimelineHighlights1765-1777.jpg http://img.docstoccdn.com/thumb/orig/21175953.png https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9HkWlgv3g8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq9O5VmmGkg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWrWhqNtB34 Now knowing what I know about each revolution I discovered that the French Revolution was built on the ideals of the American Revolution. The main ideal was the Enlightenment. Both revolutions went through a time of new ideas and new inventions. That being said, they both had a fare share of Enlightenment philosophers. Also, they both the American revolutionaries contacted the French revolutionaries to help spread revolutionary ideas and the French took note of it and changed some things. They pushed for freedom of speech, challenged the Roman Catholic Church, and decreed prerogatives of the nobles. The French Revolution was a period of time (1789-1799) when many events took place and changed history. Churches and aristocrats payed no income taxes. However, there was a war going on and it costs a lot of money. Soon an enlightenment came about. But France was still in need of money and the churches nor the king could help. So the king did the only thing he could think of and ask for help from a government(the Estates-General).
Later the nobles and the church lost their privileges. The rich became frightened when the riots broke out (the storming of the Bastille). Then the National Assembly made the Bill of Rights. After that, the women stormed Paris and the church and nobles lost their power soon later. The people questioned whether or not to keep the king or to try something different in order to run the country. The king heard of this and tried to flee the country so he was put under house arrest. Once the kings heard of this they were worried and were threatened by France on all sides.
Then the other kings spared the king of France. But France still looked at him like a bad guy. Later, the people created the guillotine because it seemed better than the king's punishment. Using the guillotine the people killed the king. All the other kings got mad and started a fight from all over. Soon France got a new leader named Robespierre and he used the guillotine method as well and thought it was working. He freed the slaves but his life was also taken by the guillotine. Then France was run by th Directory. But that didn't work and war started. The leader was Napoleon and soon became leader of France. http://www.history.com/topics/french-revolution/videos#the-french-revolution The American Revolution was a period of time(1763-1776) that changed history.It all started when the British forces won the French and Indian War and the threat to the British American colonies ended. Soon they were told to pay more taxes. So, they imposed direct taxes (Stamp Act). The Americans didn't like it because they had no representation in Parliament. Because of this, things got out of hand and lead to the Intolerable Acts, which showed Parliaments supremacy. Since the Americans had no representation, they considered the laws to be illegitimate and a violation of their rights. Given this fact, they decided to make their own group of people (Provincial Congresses). These group of people was soon their representation. However, because of the chaos that appeared before this, the representation was soon shut down by the British. Then the British army became in charge. The the colonies mobilized their militias and a fight broke out. So the Patriots took control of the colonies. They were loyal to the king but also wanted to govern themselves so they took the problem to Parliament and they called it the rebellion and saw the members of congress as traitors. Soon the Declaration of Independence was adopted, which established the United States. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_the_French_Revolution Project Work cited page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution#Summary Unknown. Timeline of the French Revolution. 22 Dec. 2009. 5 Jan. 2013 <http://img.docstoccdn.com/thumb/orig/21175953.png>.
TayloritasYT. The French Revolution. 17 Dec. 2009. 5 Jan. 2013 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9hkwlgv3g8>.
The History Channel website. The French Revolution. Unknown . 5 Jan 2013 <http://www.history.com/topics/french-revolution/videos#the-french-revolution>.
Unknown. Causes of the French Revolution . 2 January 2013. 5 Jan 2013 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/causes_of_the_french_revolution>.
Mjdgoldeneye. The American revolution. 20 Nov. 2006. 5 Jan. 2013 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwrwhqntb34>.
Titouje. The American revolution. 14 April 2007. 5 Jan 2013 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq9o5vmmgkg>.
Unknown. American Revolution. 3 Jan. 2013. 5 Jan 2013 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/american_revolution#summary>. The End. I hope you enjoyed.
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Medical examiner: Father Virgilio Elizondo committed suicide
Elizondo has denied accusations made in a 2015 lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy decades ago.
SAN ANTONIO — The Bexar County Medical Examiner determined Tuesday that Father Virgilio Elizondo committed suicide Monday afternoon.
Though details on the circumstances of the priest's final moments are still unclear, the medical examiner released Elizondo's official cause of death as a gunshot wound to the head and his manner of death as suicide shortly before 2 p.m.
According to the San Antonio Police Department, officers responded to a call for a shooting at Elizondo's West Side home fewer than 10 minutes before his official time of death on Monday, according to the law enforcement and county records.
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Elizondo, 80, had been living under a cloud of suspicion after a lawsuit filed in Bexar County last year accused him of sexually abusing an unidentified boy more than 30 years ago — a charge he vehemently denied.
On Tuesday, Thomas J. Henry, who is representing the plaintiff in the lawsuit filed against Elizondo and another priest, called the priest's death "unfortunate."
"The next stage in this litigation was discovery production and the taking of depositions," Henry said. "The taking of Father Elizondo's deposition could have led us to the truth regarding his actions, and his untimely death at this juncture raises even more questions. We will continue to seek and uncover the facts of this matter."
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A highly respected scholar and author, Elizondo founded the Mexican American Cultural Center, now the Mexican American Catholic College, a research and training center for pastoral leaders who come from all over the United States and Latin America to study. The college's library is named for him.
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According to several online biographies, Elizondo was the recipient of numerous awards, including the John Courtney Murray Award for outstanding theological contributions from the Catholic Theological Society of America, the Johannes Quasten Award for excellence and leadership in theological development from the Catholic University of America, the Humanitarian Award of the National Conference of Christians and Jews and the Laetare Medal from the University of Notre Dame, which is considered one of the most prestigious awards for U.S. Catholics.
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All summer long, Arsenal fans were hoping that the Gunners will sign a world class striker. However, in the end, the North Londoners did not even secure a single out-field player.
Real Madrid superstar Karim Benzema was the main striker who was heavily linked with a move to the Emirates in the summer transfer window.
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The report has now been covered by the British media (Mirror) as well. Benzema has netted two goals already under the management of new boss Rafael Benitez and really does not need to think about Arsenal.
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At present, some partners involved in this project operate some prototype near field optical microscopes based on localized internal and external reflection with highly sharpened optical tips. These devices have proved the potential of the technique for optical sub-wavelength resolution imaging. Other partners have acquired considerable experience on the theoretical understanding of near-field optical problems in context with scanning near field optical microscopy (SNOM). The different partners intend to share the various experiences accumulated by each team individually in order to optimize the elaboration of the next generation of near-field microscopes.
Two different kinds of optical probes have been investigated. The first one was obtained by mechanical pulling and chemical etching of both monomode or multimode optical fibres. The second type is the microfabricated silicon nitride (Si3N4) probe commonly used in atomic force microscopy. An additional advantage of such a probe is its integration on a cantilever so that it can be scanned in close contact over a surface without damage. Simultaneously, extensive numerical simulations have been performed in order to sustain the experimental effort developed with such optical detectors.
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SABC3 has spoilt Survivor and outraged viewers once again after playing an on-screen "spoiler" promo where the popular contestant Brett Clouser is already seen sitting in the tribal council jury.
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If you hear blood curdling screams in the middle of the night while visiting the Luangwa, you can safely assume you have heard the night time call of the thick tailed bushbaby. Or if it happened to be last week, it might have been my reaction to being stung by a scorpion. An experienced safari guide would have been able to differentiate by the lack of expletives punctuating the screams of the bushbaby.
Scorpions are a diverse group of creature, with thirteen families and over 1,700 species, occurring on all major land masses with the exception of Antarctica. The culprit in my case is a member of the Buthidea family, likely a specimen of Hottentotta trilineatus. A feature of the family Buthidae is the combination of small pincers and a thick tail. This is an indication that it relies on it's sting for protection and subduing prey, and so carries a powerful venom.
While I do confess that my experience was not entirely pleasant, it was, as is usually the case with wildlife encounters where people come off second best, entirely my own fault. Two important pointers will ensure that your visit to the African bush is scorpion sting free: check your shoes before putting them on and use a light or a torch to see where you are stepping, especially if you are not wearing shoes. I was walking from my bathroom to the bedroom, barefoot, in the dark, at the tail end of the rainy season. A rookie mistake!
The sting from this species is not dangerous to humans, though it is extremely painful. Scorpions are also surprisingly docile. I was able to scoop the little guy in the picture up using a shoe and pair of pliers, and place him on the counter for his photo shoot, without him attempting to sting pliers or shoe even once.
Even if you are stung, once you have endured the pain there will be no long term health damage involved. Unless you resort to my impromptu remedy of two paracetamol tablets and shot of whiskey, in which case perhaps expect some liver issues! Luckily I was able to administer the remedy in the knowledge that I didn't have to lead any activities the next morning!


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In 2015, the museum published a "lost" story by Porter, written not under the pen name O. Henry but instead Del Oliver. The story reveals an alcoholic's decent into madness. The book, featuring original illustrations by Pulitzer-Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Ben Sargent, is currently on display, with Porter's original, handwritten manuscript.


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We have two testing for their Yellow Bands. At MCA, we use wrist bands vs. belts in our program, just as we wear a school shirt and shorts/pants vs. a gi. It's part of the way we emphasize that we are a "modern" martial art.
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The idea is that students in the same Track will work on the same material in class, regardless of the rank they hold. This makes it a little easier to teach class.
It's an interesting time, as we are working to make sure our students we are testing are reviewed on the material and ready to test. But we are also having to explain to our longer-term white bands who are not testing why they are not cleared to test.
These two are our youngest students - one of which is my younger daughter - and both of them have trouble paying attention and doing what is asked of them in class. They have not come close to mastering the material we ask for the next rank, so they won't be allowed to test.
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I understand the impulse of many teachers to go ahead and promote students who are not ready for their next rank, especially if those students are young. It sucks when they see students progressing ahead of them, and they don't understand (quite) why they can't get that next rank.
I am not one of those instructors. People will not be promoted until they demonstrate a basic understanding of what is being asked of them to master for promotion, end of story. Even the youngest kids (our program starts at age 7 for the most part) and even if it disappoints them.
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Rousse Steps into Fox's Shoes – Lightly
It may be a cliché when one speaks of stepping into another's shoes, but Dr. Wade Rousse, recently-named interim director of the Alliance Bank Business Outreach Center (ABBOC), takes the step with full awareness of the legacy left to him. Wayne Fox, former director of ABBOC, retired after 34 years of service to The W. A. Franke College of Business.
"I want to thank Wayne for his years of service. I am inheriting a good staff. And he helped build the largest Road Scholar program in the country. The best thing there is to do no harm and continue to support it," said Rousse.
Rousse is also excited about the opportunities Fox set in motion.
"I'm very excited to be outward-looking. I'd like to leverage the relationships and the expertise in The W. A. Franke College of Business into a more impactful, regional, economic outreach. I think there's a lot of opportunity here to do that," he said.
Rousse draws on a strong relationship-building background. He spent 12 years in the marine transportation business, building his company from "basically nothing." When he sold the company, he went on to pursue his doctorate degree in Chicago (Rousse holds a master in finance and another in economics; his PhD is in economics). Post-doc, he was going to return home but was hired by the Federal Reserve to serve as the Economic Outreach specialist through their time of crisis.
It wasn't long, though, before Rousse heard another voice calling. While achieving his doctorate, he was energized by his time in the classroom teaching.
"I just loved it. Loved it, loved it, loved it. My wife would say, 'You always smile brighter when you leave the classroom. And you love being on campus. Why do we keep fighting this?' So we visited Flagstaff and loved it. I reached out to Dean Craig Van Slyke and entered the college as one of the FCB Executives in Residence."
But after two years of classroom teaching, which he still enjoys, this former executive found he needed a challenge. Dr. Ronald Gunderson, FCB area coordinator of economics, asked him if the FCB was going to be lucky enough to keep him. Rousse shared that he was looking for more responsibility. Gunderson mentioned Fox's upcoming retirement as director of ABBOC and thought that it would be a perfect position, given Rousse's background in the industry and as an economist. So Rousse started chasing that ball.
"My industry background was developing clients through relationships, so the skills are completely transferable," he said.
In Fall 2017, Rousse will teach two classes and spend the rest of his time with the Center. "It's my time to give back, and I'm really excited about it," concluded Rousse. If the light in his eyes is any indicator of what lies ahead, more good things are in store for ABBOC.
The Alliance Bank Business Outreach Center (ABBOC) is comprised of the Arizona Hospitality Research and Resource Center (AHRRC), the Center for American Indian Economic Development (CAIED), NAU Road Scholar, and the Rural Policy Institute (RPI). Learn more about ABBOC HERE.
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the lines of life that life repair with time's pencil
The first thing she notices is the cold. It is freezing.
It's odd - a virtual reality shouldn't have a noticeable temperature at all, let alone an uncontrollable one. Still, River can't ignore the chill that settled deep in her bones when she materialised in that field goodness knows how long ago.
The world is picturesque, almost disturbingly so. The manor house is grand and spacious, hundreds of rooms furnished with the finest items. The lawn is wide and rich with colour, the plants thriving in rich textures and shades. Her team – Anita, Proper Dave, Other Dave and Miss Evangelista – all adjust quickly, laughing with one another. They don't feel the cold at all; they're just happy to be alive.
No, not alive. Happy to exist.
There will not be any living any longer.
The shards of ice in her skeleton never fade or disappear or melt. No, they simply join up through her veins, pumping her pixelated body with a horrible frost that she knows will haunt her forever.
Time is disgusting in here.
She can't feel it properly; it's cloudy and murky - it congeals within the folds of her mind, curling on every neuron. Even so, she keeps a tally of exactly how many days pass on the Outside. It was the 28th of January when she materialised. So far, it has been both many long, fuzzy years and forty-eight earth days since she died in the Library.
She is yet to leave the house. She just doesn't want to. The children are lovely and bright and something she hadn't even known she'd wanted until they arrived and nestled themselves comfortably inside her hearts. She adores looking after them and seeing innocent, sweet smiles grace their grateful faces. None of them ever age and nor does she; it makes her feels stagnant, like she's been set in concrete.
The children love the stories – the possibility of history's books, pages spread out before them, never fails to bring a light to each child's eye. Charlotte's sparkle particularly bright. Most recently, they have taken to immersing themselves in Peter Pan as often as they can, and while River laughs at their love of the Lost Boys and soothes their fear of Captain Hook, she is yet to enter the book's world with them. Somehow, living out the story of a boy who never wants to grow up and yet is so beyond his age tugs at her heartsstrings.
She is, in fact, yet to enter any book. Far safer, she assures herself, to concentrate on one story rather than hundreds. She is and always has been an innately selfish person and she sees no reason to change that - even if she is made of technology and data rather than flesh and bone.
After all, there is only one story that matters to her now and its last chapter was finished, the final lines typed out brutally, solidifying their irreversible circle.
To their credit, they never stop trying to help her. She couldn't have picked a better team. It doesn't take an idiot to see her change in spirit and no one in their little virtual reality could be described as stupid. She is different, she can tell – the flirtatious edge has gone from her voice; there are lines of sorrow around her eyes; she smiles rarely, if at all.
The light has vanished from her. That is all there is to it.
She often curls up near a window for hours at a time, staring at nothing and thinking of everything. Charlotte tries to persuade her with promises of every single written book in the universe – official or not. One day, she tells her about a cat with a grin, a Queen's stolen tarts and a grumpy old caterpillar. Another time, it's a princess with a glass shoe, and another is about a woman with impossibly long hair who is trapped at the top of a tower. As always, she begs River to come and see, to fold herself into the pages of text and let the old syllables wash over her mind, clearing it. Charlotte can see straight past River's façade, right through to the ice in her hearts; her big eyes look imploringly up at River, trying their hardest to help free her from something she would never mention.
River always refuses. She has lost interest in the stories of other people; it is as simple as that. It's too difficult – especially with the love stories. And although she cares deeply about the children, she knows they will be safe and don't truly need her.
The others try too. They tell her all about seeing Gatsby's parties first hand, bumping into Winston Smith and trying not to be noticed and muttering about Anna Karenina at a sweeping ball in the twilight of the Russian Empire. She listens to all their tales willingly, offering them tea and a smile that unsurprisingly never reaches her eyes.
They try, they really do, and River appreciates them all the more for it. Nonetheless, every time they leave, she breathes out heavily, wearily feeling age settle into her brow even if there will be no physical tell.
There is another reason she does not want to enter any cherished pages. She does not want to be reminded of him. It is paradoxical, she knows, because all she does is try to remember their story and their story alone. But that is their beautiful tragedy – their time is over, yet it ties her to him.
She is too like him, too willing to let the wound fester and putrefy. There could never be anything as simple as a cure for an eternal half-life, so she gives up, too tired and old to try.
Her hand subconsciously caresses the cover of a worn blue book and tears clutter her eyelashes, never falling. Then, she shakes herself and returns to the windowsill.
The coldness gets worse. It is inexplicable. She stays in bed more often, staring at the repulsive green of the lawn through clear, bright windows.
She does not think of him.
One day, she wakes up and blinks, shocked.
It is raining.
The patter of droplets on the window and roof invades her mind like something long-dead. Sighing, River screws her eyes shut once more, ignoring the ever-vertiginous lawn. The thin white fabric of her gown rustles as she turns over, pulling the blankets closer in an effort to feel warmth again.
Today marks one of so many years to have passed in a blur. She lost track of the decades a long time ago. Even so, she knows it's been exactly eighty-four days since she died in the Library.
Which makes today the 22nd of April.
Today is her anniversary.
Her mouth twists itself into a humourless line – her situation now is so disturbingly similar to what it had been standing atop that pyramid with time collapsing around her. This virtual reality is a construct and time here is broken, fractured like a smashed mirror. Time atop the pyramid was disintegrating, turning every moment into one. And both events had the same man at their nexus.
There was just once difference. The pyramid – her wedding – had certainly been made from time's anomaly, and yet it had felt infinite, full of possibilities and days to come. This existence feels cold and clinical in its unavoidable linear containment.
She screws her eyes shut further, refusing to listen to the rustle of a bowtie or feel his warm lips on hers. But the memories come anyway, crashing pitilessly, violently over her. She wonders, as she thinks of miniaturisation rays and every living thing in the universe, how she ever thought she was strong enough to keep this at bay.
The rain shoots like bullets as River Song cries.
After that, Charlotte brings her books. River protests, at first, until she realises they're not fiction. No stories, no mythology, no fables. Instead, she's given cold recounts, facts and figures.
Grudgingly, to both appease Charlotte and take her mind off him, River agrees to enter one book and one book only. When she picks An Abbreviated History of Sentex VI, Charlotte smiles quietly, happy to see River surrounded by desert and artefacts. River herself is not happy – she's not quite sure how to be - but covered in artificial dirt and searching for the Tomb of Sekalex, she finds contentment.
After her initial foray into the world of non-fiction, River returns, hesitantly jumping from book to book. There is no interaction within non-fiction works – she is completely invisible to anyone written in the book - due to their dedication to accuracy.
She is alone with the collective knowledge of the universe. It soothes her ever-raging mind.
It is in Churchill's third volume of Second World War that she first spots him. He's standing in the corner of a war room, frowning at the maps spread out in front of him, his silhouette illuminated by the twisting cigar smoke that stifles the room.
River forgets immediately about the Blitz raging right above her and destroying London, freezing where she stands in the opposite corner. She should have known, should have predicted, should have thought that this would happen. He exists across most of human history and then some. Of course he wouldn't let her exist without him.
His head jerks up, like he can suddenly sense her, and she swallows air she doesn't need in an effort to feel as though she could breathe again. He looks straight through her and that is too familiar, too acute, too similar to a cluttered Library desk and different face. His eyes narrow and River feels as though he has fired an arrow that has shot straight through her and out again, tearing a vicious hole through her middle.
Then in the blink of an eye, he is gone again, Churchill whisking him up to an office and away from his paralysed wife. River leans heavily on the wall, willing herself away before the ice inside her shatters and she scatters into a million pieces.
After that, she is more careful. Charlotte continues to give her books and she continues to immerse herself in them in every way possible, but she is vigilant. She cannot run into him again. She just can't.
The immersions are good for her. She is losing the tightness around her mouth and while the frost hasn't – and won't ever, she suspects – disappeared, she is beginning to exist again. Every so often she will misjudge something and run into a him hidden within the pages, but she always runs as far and as fast as she can, unwilling to fall into a gaze that couldn't see her.
She had such a long, rich life, filled with adventure, joy and so much love it's nigh on impossible to explain. She begins to try though, reading the children short stories from her precious journal. They are enthralled by the snapshots of her life, because even though River never tells them the names – both for their sake and her own – they look at her with the burning belief that her faerietales are real.
Occasionally, Charlotte choses a book and comes with her. So far, they have only been factual recounts, though River can tell the girl is itching to throw her into a juicy narrative. And she will agree – some day, when it doesn't hurt to think of possibilities and words and days that never came but could under an author's infinite touch. For now though, she is satisfied by simple events, places and facts.
Currently, she is working her way through The Natural Wonders of the 51st Century. Despite the fact that she's seen most of the places in the flesh, she doesn't read ahead, each new wonder a pleasant surprise. She's pleased to find visiting their digital echoes is not painful. These are captured as the author saw them, not her, so it isn't hard to push away the thoughts of dancing on the Impossible Shard of Pyloxor or running through the reverse-waterfalls of Hallar VIII or standing atop the Fifth Sphinx (even though she knows exactly how the nose was broken). No, she appreciates the wonders for what they are to the universe, not what they are to her.
That is until she closes her eyes, leaving the Great Mosaic of Kings with a simple thought. Arriving at the next destination, she's eager to take in the next wonder and slot another piece of the universe back into her mind.
Her eyes flutter open and instantly her hearts close themselves off, arteries freezing over.
Before her is a perfect, peaceful copy of the Singing Towers of Darillium.
She breathes quietly, unaware of the tears immediately tracking serenely down her cheeks. It is exactly as she remembers; the Towers stretch up to the purple and blue sky emblazoned with impossibly bright stars that seem to dance seamlessly with the symphony they sing. They are captured faultlessly, showing precisely what the author saw. In the back of her mind she is aware of the automatic briefing the book gives her, clerical voice reading the brief summary.
The Singing Towers of Darillium. Discovered in the 39th century by archaeologists searching for the Temple of Darilli, this extraordinary natural phenomenon has attracted thousands of visitors over the millennia, from all corners of the inhabited universe.
The summary trundles on in the back of her brain, pushed to the side by uncontrollable sentimentality. She's not really paying much attention to it, too taken up with the wonder and pain that dances inside her chest.
Her eyes turn skywards, because she can't help it. She remembers exactly where she'd been standing that night – right on top of the tallest tower. According to him, it had the best view and the best sound and the best everything, River, now come along. She'd sighed and allowed him to lead her forward.
The Towers themselves sing in two vastly different ways. The first and most common is through their 'natural rhythm,' a permanent state that dictates the collective melody. The second is through a rare but involuntary psychic link; the tallest Tower can sense the emotions of a being if he/she/it is standing atop it. These raw feelings will influence the Towers' music, projecting and transforming the individual's immediate emotion into music, thereby overriding the natural rhythm. However, activation of the link is shrouded in mystery, so much so that many think it is a myth. In recent years, the Towers have sung for nobody – unless the legend of the Lonely Soul is to be believed.
River sighs, letting the melody invade her mind and run all over her senses. It isn't as strong as it had been when she'd been there, but it is enough to send her spine tingling, as though tiny ice shards are being pressed into it. The song is not the same as she remembers and she is surprised - the natural rhythm is not playing in this recount, no had it played when she had visited with the Doctor.
Her melody had been slow but full of deep, ineffable love. It had sung like nostalgia's embrace, wrapping around her ribcage and settling between the bones.
This one is different. It is mournful, painful, acute stabs of loss hidden among quietly hopeless notes. It invades the mind and presses on hearts in beautifully soft cruelty.
Yet there is similarity, she thinks. Something in the rise of the swirling notes sounds familiar, a motif running through the rich tune. It's affecting her, winding its way around herself and binding her there.
The myths surrounding the Singing Towers are almost as mysterious as the wonders themselves. Over the centuries, countless stories have sprung up, some trivial and inconsequential, some extreme. However, no legend is as well known as that of the Lonely Soul.
According to countless stories and recounts, there is a revenant who haunts the tallest Tower, remembering his lost lover. It is said that he alone has grief enough to call out to the Towers themselves. Those who have bared witness to the 'Haunted Song' of the Towers have said it is the most sorrowfully breath-taking music, echoing the infinite heartache of the Lonely Soul.
The author had obviously visited on a quiet day, because there are a few people milling around the base of the Towers, their expressions of second-hand grief a product of the sombre tones that echo around them. River finds herself walking forward without her consent, brushing past whispering people.
He's here. The Soul is singing.
She traces the outline of the tallest Tower with her eyes, white gown whispering over the ground. Almost subconsciously, she breezes past the people crowding around the Towers - she is a phantom to them and they are unaffected by her.
As is the way with these forays into books, she thinks of a location and suddenly finds herself there, so it is unsurprising when she discovers she's no longer on the ground, but standing atop the tallest Tower, the dark sky stretching out above her and the grief-stricken melody ten times stronger.
There's a figure hunched over in the corner. She knows instinctively who it is, she would know with her eyes shut. He's alone and she can tell from the stoop of his shoulders that he's been so for far too long. His long purple coat hangs off his thinning frame and even with his back to her she can see the bowed line of his shoulders, heavy with the weight of all those years.
Her breath has caught in her throat, trapping her. He hasn't turned around and she's not sure he should because she wants nothing more than to reach out and touch him, to ease the burden of time that he carries on his own. And she can't.
They had visited Darillium before anyone else in existence – for some reason he'd insisted on being the first and when she'd asked him why he'd just muttered something about there not being enough beginnings in the universe. She'd decided not to push him, because he'd looked more haunted than she'd seen him for a while.
But now, he looks like haunted's shadow. She wants to do nothing more than stretch out her hand and comfort him, but she can't. He will feel nothing - she doesn't exist to him. She almost laughs at the cruelty; he is the Lonely Soul and she is a ghost to him. The universe has drawn them yet another circle and River almost screams from the limitless confinement.
She draws closer to him until she's standing close enough to reach out and touch the rough fabric of his coat. He is shaking, she realises, and her brow creases in concern. The Towers continue their song, rising louder and louder as River realises the Doctor is crying in front of her eyes.
She draws back from him as though she's been stung. She can't look at him like this, knowing she is the cause. Not when he's sitting in the very spot they'd been in all those years ago, and he's crying the same tears. There had been a difference then – she'd been there to dry them. Now he is alone again and she shakes her head, feeling her insides turn so cold she's sure the organs have been sliced by shards of frost.
Quietly, she draws back, cursing the author for preserving this particular day in such terrifying clarity, cursing herself for being foolish enough to stumble across this and cursing him for caring so much because clearly their love has destroyed them both.
The image of the haunted Doctor stays with her. She hates that it's the clearest one she has.
Eventually, she goes into her diary, needing something, anything to combat the thought of the shattered man who left his hearts with her. She relives little moments – Christmas with her parents, ice-skating on the Thames, the Bone Meadows – hoping they will galvanise the wounds.
They don't, but she falls in anyway. She watches their love unfold again and she drowns herself in their words and moments and lives. She watches the whole story from his perspective and loves him all the more for it. She just watches while tears fall into the curve of her smile.
During the days, she goes into a story with the children. She has rectified her fear of potential by watching her own story again and now she is only too happy to have tea with the Mad Hatter or teach a class at Hogwarts, much to the children's joy.
During the nights, she alternates between her diary and more books. Her focus is slimmer now though – she reads about transference of complex, sentient data and neurological/technological compatibility. Huge volumes on the subject take up much of her time, but buried among the wires and theories, she freezes her resolve.
She will find him again.
Charlotte's worried about her, she can tell. Even though she comes along for adventures and laughs and takes them all on picnics now, she knows Charlotte can see right through her.
One day, Charlotte is fiddling with the hem on her purple skirt, refusing to look anyone in the eye. River's brow furrows and she asks what's wrong, immediately worried. Charlotte bites her lip, looking as though she might cry, and River does her best to comfort the little girl.
But when she sniffs that a data transfer is impossible, River goes still for a moment. Through her tears, Charlotte explains that she knows what River's planning, but she can't support a full relocation - saving 4022 people had damaged her hard drive beyond repair. She supports all the people inside the data core, but she cannot make a transfer to the outside world without damaging her own files.
River only holds the girl closer, promising everything will be okay and not believing a syllable.
She takes to reading about The Library after that. There is a plethora of literature on its construction – it has an important place in universal history, after all. She thinks that if she knows as much as she possibly can, perhaps she'll find a loophole - if there's one thing River Song is good at, it's escaping.
Sometimes, she devotes hours to understanding the most basic functions of the Library. Other times, she just wanders the corridors aimlessly.
One day, she is preparing to immerse herself in The Library: The Felman Lux Corporation's Greatest Achievement when she notices Charlotte. The little girl – still so young after all this time – is smiling wider than she's ever seen her before. When River asks what her toothy grin is for, Charlotte only smiles wider, eyes twinkling, and promises she'll understand very soon, now. River worries that the child is becoming too like her before kissing her on the head and assuring her she'll be back in time for tea.
The Library in this book is in its later days. The author had visited just two weeks before the Vashta Nerada had struck, so everything is just as River remembers it. She's been here so often she could navigate the corridors with her eyes shut. However, her in-depth knowledge of the Library hasn't proved useful beyond that.
The only thing she wants is to find a way to wipe that awful, lost expression off her husband's face. And if she can't do that herself, she needs to make sure that he can - that he can move on, be happy again. Then she will find a way to delete her files.
She wanders the hallways aimlessly, absorbing this specific book's information. This text isn't particularly helpful – nor is it accurate because Charlotte's existence is still a secret – but she stays anyway, pondering Charlotte's curious behaviour this morning as she passes Biographies. There's a long corridor here, Grecian-inspired architecture rearing up to the sky; the Library really is breathtakingly grand. Watching the bustling of humanoid life forms as they search for any book ever published is never dull. Sometimes it strikes her as strange, the fact that she's walking among people that never see her or acknowledge her. She is an observer in the most pure sense of the word – if indeed, pure could be used to describe her at all – and she watches lives flit by, exactly as they were when the author described them. It is especially strange being in a place that, strictly speaking, she's already inside - but this is an echo of the real Library, an author's detailed description, not the real thing.
Eventually she reaches the end of one of the corridors, where it splits off into three more. To her left is a door leading to one of the smallest of the Grand Reading Rooms. Straight ahead of her is another corridor nearly identical to the one she just passed through. But it is to her right she turns, towards one of her favourite places in the entire Library.
It is a balcony looking over a slice of the autobiographical section, and it is incredible to see. Comparatively, it is a tiny balcony – there are millions more and they are a million times more impressive – but it's her favourite for that precise reason. Visitors so often overlook it; even now, she is the only one walking down its steps, white hem of her dress flowing over the smooth marble without a sound.
She rests her arms on the railing, leaning over and letting her eyes sweep across the horizon. Being in a projection of her final resting place is soothing in a bizarre way and she closes her eyes, letting the last of the day's light bloom across her face. She will find a way to talk to him one more time, she is sure. She just needs to tell him to open his eyes, to keep running and adventuring because the universe is full of so very many mysteries and he cannot miss them for her sake. She needs to tell him that she doesn't blame him for anything and she needs to tell him how sorry she is that he carried her death with him for all the time they were together.
Above all though, she needs to tell him she loves him. Just once more.
That will be enough. Then, she can delete herself and cease this half-existence. He just has to hear her say it once more.
"River Song, are you brooding?"
She starts, jolting up immediately. Her hair bounces erratically as she whips around, curls obscuring her vision for a split-second before they waywardly fall back around her head. The white dress and cardigan she wears flares out when she spins, following the line of her body as she faces the sweeping staircase lined with old books.
Impossible. It can't be.
The Doctor is standing halfway up the stairs, hands in his pockets as he bounds down the remaining marble steps. She doesn't understand how he could be here, because there is no way her Doctor would come anywhere near any library – something she'd always found odd but had never pushed him on – yet there he is.
He had to be a part of the book. But if that is the case, the author has spent an inordinate amount of time on him - his features and mannerisms are perfectly desribed and in such detail even River couldn't fault them and she knew him better than she knew herself.
But the most unnerving part of all was that he is looking straight at her. Not through her or around her or over her – right at her. That isn't right, that isn't how these books work. The visitor is an apparition, invisible to the described. They couldn't see her, for goodness' sake.
Perhaps there is a data malfunction and a few of the apparitions have gained temporary sentience. That makes sense.
Of course a deluded version of her husband would appear to torture her. Of course. She is suddenly unsure whether she wants to laugh or cry, because it feels as though yet another hole has been punched through her chest and she doesn't know what to do.
She'd thought it was bad looking at a man who didn't know her or who couldn't see her. She'd been wrong. Nothing, nothing, could be worse than this version of her husband. He looks at her like he knows every page and description and word and syllable and letter in her life. And he can't be real.
So when he reaches the bottom of the stairs and holds his arms out towards her, a mixed expression of tenderness and joy written all over his face, she doesn't fall into them. She hugs herself instead, arms winding around her middle in an effort to keep it bound together.
His brow furrows and he steps closer. "River?" he asks tentatively and she turns her head away, unable to look at him for one more second. "River, what's wrong?" He sounds so genuinely concerned and worried that she has to take her proverbial hat off to her fate for not only stabbing her but also twisting the knife.
Staring out over the balcony, she speaks. "I don't care what you are or what you're doing. I have nothing I can give you. Leave me alone." Her words are acidic and lethal, hardened by the throbbing frost that seems to follow her all the time. She refuses to look at whatever the thing is beside her, so when she feels a warm hand lay hesitantly on her arm she jumps violently.
"River, it – it really is me," he says and she wants nothing more in the whole universe than to believe him. "I'm really here," he says softly, hand warm as his thumb rubs her arm soothingly.
Still refusing to look at him, River speaks. "You can't be him." She can hear her own voice thickening rapidly and curses it. "You can't be him because I'm a data ghost and I can't be seen by anyone. I'm dead."
His hand tightens on her arm. "River, please look at me." It is a gentle request and despite herself, River finds her head turning. Immediately she is met with bright intelligent eyes that have seen so much and for so long. They are perfect replicas, but to her surprise they're wet with unshed tears. "River, I'm here, I'm real, I promise," he says, a hand reaching up to tentatively brush a curl from over her eyes.
She freezes as his fingers brushes her cheek, the skin tingling just as it always had.
"Doctor?" she asks, voice hoarse and unsure.
"You bet," he grins back, hand still brushing across her cheek reverently.
"H-How?" she stutters, still not believing him.
He sighs, a mixture of pained and pleased with himself. "I finished, reached the end of my regeneration cycle. Bound to happen soon. So really it was either this or death," he grimaces before looking at her and transforming his scowl into a smile so bright she is thrown off guard. "Forgive me, but I chose to spend eternity with you instead."
The reality crashes over her. She knows it can't be a data malfunction, has known that since she first spotted him. The only plausible explanation is the one he's giving her and yet it seems for far from possible she feels as though gravity has been tugged out from underneath her. His earnest expression doesn't help – he's looking at her like she is the only thing in the universe that matters to him and after all this time, after all these years, it is too much.
"It's been decades for me, Doctor," she says, voice faint and eyes avoiding his. His hand falls from her face. "Decades and I've heard nothing from you. I'm not- I'm not the same-" she cuts herself off, unable to continue. Her arms are still locked around her middle.
"River, do you really think that matters to me?" he asks honestly, nothing but love reflected in his eyes. It is all too much for her – she can't seem to process any emotion fast enough. She's still not sure she knows what's going on or whether she trusts her own eyes.
"Of course it matters – I waited for you for so long-" she curses in her head as a lump forms in her throat. "I waited and my memories didn't – they faded away instead." Her voice is painful even to her own ears, despite its quietness. She's wanted to see him again for so long but now he's standing in front of her she can feel the frost seeping up and seizing her tongue.
He reaches for her again and she jerks back. Everything is spinning incessantly around her head and she can't make sense of it. "Doctor – no!"
She breaks away from him and runs up the stairs, not caring about where she goes so long as it is as far away as possible. She runs away not because she's afraid – even this old she can't shake his ridiculous rules. No, she tears away because she's learnt from the best; run when she has no idea what to say. She sprints down corridor after corridor, past hundreds of shelves, nodes and people who can't even see her. He's right behind her, she can hear him yelling, and she speeds up, hating herself because she could leave this book's reality anytime she wanted to – but she won't because she is selfish and can't bear to truly part with her husband again, be he apparition or reality.
Turning a corner, she barrels down another corridor until she reaches a set of heavy wooden doors. Smashing them open, she runs inside and now she's sure the universe must have it in for her because this is the same room. This is the room she found him in when she arrived at the Library.
This is the room where he first met her.
The energy suddenly vanishes from her legs and she slows in her path, clutching at her chest because it hurts. The cavernous space is cluttered with books and in the edges of the room there are a few people lurking. Of course they don't notice the half-hysterical woman who has just burst into their midst, nor do they look at the man chasing her.
She reaches the middle of the room just as he catches her arm and spins her around. They are standing on the grand marble circle, the little shop just behind them and the open sky of the Library above.
She is frozen completely; he cautiously repeats the same action from before, gently pushing a curl back from her eyes. As his hand ghosts over her cheek, she shuts her eyes, tears suddenly and silently falling thick and fast.
"Hey," the Doctor says, voice hushed, "Don't cry River, don't cry." He pulls her into an embrace and his hands ghost over her back. "I'm not going anywhere, I promise," he says again and she bites her lip, keeping a sob locked inside her mouth. He is so warm against her and it has been so long. She clutches at his back, finally accepting the truth.
He's here. He's actually here. He's real and he's here.
"Yes, I'm here, River," he says, chuckling and she didn't even realise she was speaking out loud. "Like I said, an eternity with you and every book in the universe. Couldn't really refuse, could I?"
Suddenly a smile brighter than the sun bursts across her face, illuminating every corner. She pulls back from his embrace, wiping her tears away quckly and then resting her hand on his cheek, thumb smoothing over the angle of his cheekbone and fingers twirling into his hairline.
The next thing she knows he is kissing her with all he's worth. She pulls him even closer, hand winding around to the base of his neck as his own tighten around her waist. Her mouth opens under his and he tastes like something more glorious and wonderful than time or custard – he tastes like home.
He kisses her as though he can take away all the things that have ever upset her, as though he's missed her more than life itself. The horrible, incorrigible cold that she has felt with her ever since she materialised in the manor garden is vanishing, melting away. She can feel the ice rolling off her in sheets, replaced by a dual yearning and contentment that she never thought she would feel again. He twists his tongue and she moans involuntarily, hearts beating against his in their lost rhythm.
The universe has drawn them yet another circle – here she stands, upon the very spot he met her, entwined in his embrace and promised an eternity. She hums happily and he pulls her even closer.
Eventually, they have to breathe and they break apart to do so, foreheads still resting together. River sighs. "Doctor, I'm sorry I didn't-"
He cuts her off by bringing a finger to her mouth and holding it there, refusing to let her finish. "Not a problem, River Song. It was a shock, I know. But on the plus side, I can finally say I've surprised the living daylights out of you now, so I can cross that off the bucket list. That is, if you can still have a bucket list when you're dead. Can y-". She cuts him off this time, because although she missed his ridiculous babbling, she's gone far too long without his kisses.
She laughs when they separate. This happiness is something she never thought she'd feel again; it is all-encompassing and it infuses her veins with irresistible warmth.
"How did you do it, you great big sentimental idiot?" she asks lovingly.
"Oh, we're back to insulting; that was a speedy recovery," he teases, bopping her on the nose. She attempts to look cross with him and fails miserably.
"Tell me," she insists, poking him in the middle with a finger.
"I spoke to Charlotte. She did the rest – I was quite happy to just materialise in your bedroom-" River rolled her eyes "-but she insisted I surprise you. She thought this would have the most shock factor."
Well, that certainly explains Charlotte's attitude – no wonder she'd been so happy. "Remind me to thank her," River says, winding her arms around her Timelord and resting her head on his shoulder.
"You'd better apologise too, because I don't think she thought you'd go psychotic on me," he teases and she gasps and slaps his chest.
"Shut up!"
"Make me."
She does so without complaint.
It is remarkable, how quickly he fits in to her life in the data core. His clothes are lined up next to hers again and he makes her tea in the morning just as he used to. They spend their days running and dancing and loving between the pages of books and their nights between the deep blue sheets.
He is wonderful with the children – unsurprising, seeing as he still is one – and he gets along extremely well with the others. He just fits perfectly – she tells him this one day and he smirks suggestively and kisses her through her laughter.
He takes her on the most fantastic dates he can think of, through pages and pages of stories. She loves him absolutely and utterly, especially in the quiet moments where they relax and reminisce without the worry of spoilers ever again.
He has turned her existence into something she'd thought was completely impossible. Not only is it a life; it is a life with him.
She could ask for nothing more in the whole universe.


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News - exhibitions - shows
Past exhibitions - 2014
Title: Arm-ready flower memories.
The 2014 exhibition was colored and inspired by well known wildflowers from hardiness zones 3-9. These first signs of summer were merged with sweet childhood memories and expressed in a rich selection of bracelets.
To quote Ralph Waldo Emerson: "The earth laughs in flowers"
Five colour themes emerged, inspired by the flowers from earliest spring through summer and autumn into the first days of frost. See more in this blogpost!
Wearable Berries collection
out in Norwegian shops!
Early spring 2015, the Norwegian jewellery group Panorama launched a generous collection of 15 designs, available in their shops, Juvelen and Gullfunn, spread out all over Norway.
Grey Pearl studio offers bespoke designs to private and professional customers and had its first go at professional customers when the biggest Norwegian jewellery retailer approached us in 2013. The eye-catcher was Weaerable Berries (Bœrbare Bœr) a bracelet colection created for an exhibition same year.
The process included sourcing production and material and took more than a year. Finally in 2015, Grey Pearl's Wearable Berries were available to a larger public; at least in Norway!
Grey Pearl studio has a new home.
Grey Pearl has moved to Zurich - since Tittin moved here in spring (2015) Grey Pearl studio also has a new home.
Now we're high up in one of Zurich's new, tall and sleek towers in the also new hip industrial area.
Looking down on rail tracks and strings of wagons daily, which will probably soon turn into a new jewellery design or two!
Constantly, images of enamel are floating up in my mind.
Enamel is another childhood memory I'm looking forward to exploring. As child I was fascinated by the pattern of a small white silver heart I had. Very simple, enamel on silver with guilloché like below - but white and shimmering like snow.
Guilloché is the term for the machine used to create patterns like this. Here engraved in the silver base for the enamel
Scandinavian Snow is coming up I can feel.
Past exhibitions - 2015
Moments - Øyeblikk
About once a year I have the opportunity to showcase my work at private shows and gallery exhibitions. These occasions play a crucial role in the development of new collections. Meeting customers and getting instant feedback means a lot.
Titled "Moments"; again nature is muse and master. Inspired by memories forever stored deep in the brain, to surface at given times, or moments. Glimpses of nature's seasonal occurrences translated into wearable art.
A moment like: The silent dawn of an unused day, rosy and shimmering.
Or the frost; decorating the windows with roses of ice.
Or light; the low winter sun on crisp snow.
Or a sunset; a purple fire mirrored in a lake.
Or an august night; by a forest lake with blue-black moonlight playing tricks on the mind.
Or with a smell, like the smell of a cut lawn, and brilliant green staining bright summer clothes if you fall
Or a mild breeze; willow catkins filling the air with golden dust.
These are some of my moments - what are yours?
Copyright © 2012-2017 Tittin Rinde, Grey Pearl studio. All rights reserved.


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Introducing my newest invitation suite... Buzzing Garden. Shown below in Robin blue and gray... I really love how these two colors look together. The gray enhances the soft, romantic feel of the invitation.
December 31, 2008
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Gorgeous designs...I will keep you in mind for my next invitations....really love them, elegant and simple
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New Time for NYC District Nets
The New York City District ARES Net has changed it's start time to 8:30pm on Monday Evenings on the W2ABC repeater. Please mark your calendars accordingly and plan to attend. Nets are held for the benefit of each and every member of the New York City District ARES. This year promises to be an exciting year for the NYC District ARES and the best way to stay abreast of all the happenings is to participate in your weekly County and District wide NETS. Their success depends upon you!


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|Governor's Palace
|Wythe House
I loved this style of fencing too.....
There was even some gardening this time of year. I have to say the gardens are absolutely beautiful in the spring!
You can also tour the historic area via horse and carriage and I have done this in the past and really enjoyed it!
I just love this wreath made from pomegranates, lotus pods and pine cones. So BEAUTIFUL!
This is one of my favorite restaurants in the historic area - The Blue Talon. See here.
|One of my favorite Home Decor shops in Merchant's Square.
It's always so wonderful to go on a long weekend getaway and Williamsburg always is a hit for me!
Hope you enjoyed the mini tour of my trip.
Thanks for your visit!
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On the Thursday of Holy Week, some churches hold a special ritual called The Washing of the Feet. This recalls the time when Jesus washed the feet of each of his twelve apostles, right before the Last Supper. In the ritual, someone of religious authority (for example, a minister or a priest) washes the feet of twelve everyday people.
Yesterday, Pope Francis washed the feet of twelve inmates at a maximum security prison.
The idea behind the ritual is the remembrance that every one of us can be of service, even the seemingly most "high."
It also teaches us that at any moment, we can choose to be kind and help one another.
It can be easy to spot moments of kindness and service. Someone is hungry on the street and you offer some food. A person is lost and you give them directions. A friend is hurting and you provide some comfort.
Being of service can extend beyond these moments and can show up in your work in the world.
Many of my clients that I work with come to me because they feel the calling to do work that's more meaningful and purposeful. Sometimes they know what that work is, and sometimes they don't.
What I help many of my clients to do is to tap into what brings them joy, and what makes them feel alive. And in almost all cases, what they are inspired to do turns out to be a greater calling to serve others.
- One client is using her writing as a way to inspire those who feel like the underdogs of the world.
- Another client is sharing her experience in the entertainment industry to help beginning actors who feel lost trying to navigate what they feel is a dog-eat-dog world.
- And one client is getting ready to star in his own television show (beginning airing next month!) where his expertise will reach thousands more than he has reached before.
Your life's work, and how you show up each moment in life, can be an ongoing practice of being of service.
For your coaching assignment for this week, here are two tasks I'd like to offer you:
- Open your awareness today and look for an opportunity to be kind. If you can do something out of kindness, go ahead and do it.
Example: What are some things that I can do? Let's see…I can open the door for someone if I see them coming to the building. I can call my friend to check in on how she's doing. I can even donate clothes to charity. Gosh, the possibilities are endless!
- Take a look at what you are doing in your work life. Contemplate how what you are doing is already being of service to others.
Example: Well, I work at an office with other people. How is what I'm doing in service to others? I guess helping out my boss with her scheduling and her different projects is a way of being of service. I also help other people in the office when they don't know how to get started with certain projects. Hmm…that's interesting. I never considered what I did as being acts of service. This is a nice way of looking at my work and helps me appreciate more that what I do is assisting others.
And here's a bonus assignment, if you'd like some gold stars: Think of one way you can be kind to you, and do that.
You are as important as others!
What the Washing of the Feet ritual teaches us is that no matter where you are in your life, you can metaphorically "wash the feet" of others at any moment, simply by being kind and seeing your life's work as a vehicle of service.
As His Holiness the Dalai Lama reminds us, "Practice kindness whenever possible. It is always possible."
Abundant Blessings, and Happy Easter!
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Produced by Incognita Enterprises, 'Till The Boys Come Home reunites some of our regular team with a few new faces. Read on to find out who is doing what behind the scenes ...
SALLY McLEAN
A graduate of The Actors Institute, London, further studies undertaken with the faculty at the Howard Fine Studio, Australia, Sally McLean has played roles in over thirty UK and Australian professional theatre productions, including Flame Trees, Uncle Vanya, The Auxiliary, Chasing Pegasus (a play in ten chords), The Clairvoyant, P.S I Love You, the Australian Premier of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change and the World Premier of Annabel's Requiem on the West End.
Sally has also played Shakespeare in both Australia and the UK, playing roles in Macbeth and Hamlet in the UK before performing for three seasons with the Australian Shakespeare Company in their critically acclaimed productions of Comedy of Errors and Romeo & Juliet.
Sally has additionally appeared in various lead and guest roles on numerous UK and Australian television series including Utopia, Lowdown, Elephant Princess, Flying Doctors, Totally Full Frontal, Blue Heelers, Tonight Live, Bingles, Comedy Inc. and the BBC mini-series Bootleg. Film credits include Raymond Taylor's Earnest Adventures In Love, V for Vienetta, Evie Wants A Baby and Why Must The Show Go On?, amongst others.
Her work behind the camera began with the BBC as a member of the Books & Special Projects Unit in BBC Music & Arts. Three years in production at the BBC led to her writing and producing her first film A Little Rain Must Fall in London in late 1996, thought to be the first TV-length drama to be shot on DV tape in the UK, and to her forming her production business Incognita Enterprises under the Honorary Patronage of Oscar® nominated actor, Sir Nigel Hawthorne - an association that continued until his passing in 2001.
Since then, Sally has worked in production for Channel Nine, Endemol Southern Star and others on programs including Big Brother, Australian Idol, The X-Factor and 1 VS 100, written and produced a number of short films and two theatrical productions (which she also directed), and is currently writer/director/producer for her first feature-length documentary, Champion (the story of Franz Stampfl), due for release in 2018 and Creator/Director/Producer of the internationally award-winning web series Shakespeare Republic. Other industry activities include serving as an official Jury member in both acting and screen craft categories for the AFI Awards, AACTA Awards and ATOM Awards since 2010.
Sally continues to work in Australian theatre, film and television as an actor as well as developing several projects for both the big and small screen as writer and producer.
IMDB PROFILE: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0572643
Probably best known to international audiences as "Mauser" from The Matrix trilogy of films, Christopher Kirby began his career in his native USA before moving to Australia in the late 1990's and has a long list of varied Film and TV roles to his name, both here and in America.
US television roles include the series Quantum Leap, Space: Above and Beyond, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Lost World, BeastMaster, The Burning Zone, Nightmares & Dreamscapes, The Starter Wife, Hunter, Camp and The Divorce as well as the television special Blockheads for HBO. Australian credits include We Were Tomorrow, Marshall Law, Neighbours, Ocean Girl, Flipper and The Games.
Chris' film credits include Predestination with Ethan Hawke, the cult classic Iron Sky, Arrowhead, Queen of the Damned with Stuart Townsend, the comedy Crackerjack with Mick Molloy, Visitors, penned by the late, great Everett de Roche and directed by Richard Franklin, the Michael Caton and Paul Hogan comedy Strange Bedfellows, Macbeth, directed by Geoffrey Wright, Daybreakers with Ethan Hawke, George Lucas's Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, the Chi Cao dramatic adaptation Mao's Last Dancer and the iconic The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions with Keanu Reeves.
But Chris is no stranger to theatre either. He has played roles in such diverse professional stage productions as The Speechmaker for MTC opposite Nicholas Bell and Lachy Hulme, Twelfth Night for the Australian Shakespeare Company, the Green Room Award nominated This is How it Goes as well as Lobby Hero for Red Stitch Theatre, Transit for La Mama Theatre, The Sapphires for Company B, The Rocky Horror Picture Show with Craig McLachlan and the WW2 touring drama production Boundary Road.
Recent screen credits include Incognita Enterprises' Speaking Daggers and Shakespeare Republic: #LoveTheBard (Season Two), for which Chris won Best Lead Actor at the 2017 Austin Web Fest.
IMDB Profile: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0456130/
A graduate of Ballarat Arts Academy (formally BAPA), Billy has played numerous roles in theatre, most notably Banquo and The Doctor in Macbeth, followed by Lysander and Lion in A Midsummer Night's Dream for Oz Act and performing six seasons of new Australian writing with Fractured Femur theatre company in various lead roles.
His screen credits include playing the guest role of Lieutenant Colonel Roland Claremont in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries for ABC TV, the lead role of Sheriff Sealey in the short film Ransom's Bribe, the lead role of Bounty Hunter in the vampire short film Spring Cleaning, the guest role of Martin in Salam Cafe: Chef Rumzee for SBS TV and the lead role of Hawksborn in the much-anticipated Terry Pratchett short film Trollbridge, amongst others.
Billy is also a presenter and voice-over artist, hosting the educational film The Physics of Light for VEA and voicing the role of "Spy" for a Team Fortress parody musical video, that has to date has gained just over half a million views on YouTube. He has appeared on several TV commercials including Australian Super and Ballarat University.
Billy's producing experience includes Co-Producer on the international docudrama Champion, Producer on the short film Speaking Daggers, as well as Executive Producer on two seasons of the award-winning web series Shakespeare Republic.
In addition to his acting work, Billy is a highly experienced Kung Fu practitioner, has a basic foundation in Parkour and is an ex member of the Australian Defence Forces (Army).
IMDB PROFILE: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3830885/
Based in Melbourne, Victoria, but known for travelling all over the world for work, Shaun studied Film at Footscray City College, achieving his Diploma in Screen in 2008. Since then he has fallen in love with being behind the camera and become an in-demand Director of Photography.
With experience shooting both nationally and internationally, creating content for television, film, news, corporate films, music videos and everything in between, Shaun's varied credits include Fashion Asia (F.A.D. Group), Inside MMA (Spike TV), Highway Cattle (documentary), Blood, Sweat & Tears (documentary) and the multi award-winning Chris & Josh (The Webseries), among many others.
A full Australian Cinematography Society Member (ACS), Shaun has also recently completed shooting the feature films 36 Questions and The Journey and is currently Director of Photography on the international feature documentary, Champion.
To see more of Shaun's work visit http://www.shaunherbertsonvisuals.com/
IMDB PROFILE: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3764171/
TIM McCORMICK
Based in Melbourne, Australia, Tim McCormick is a qualified Sound Engineer (Bachelors of Recording Arts, Middlesex University England) and has a diploma in Sound Engineering from SAE in London. He has had over 10 years of experience doing studio and live work and has recently become more focused on post production and creating sound for picture.
Tim works with the philosophy is that sound is integral to story telling. As he puts it so well: "Sound is something that is often over-looked in productions, it shouldn't be. It can be the difference between a good film and a great film. We couldn't agree more!
Tim's credits include several short & feature films, corporate videos, web series and documentaries, both as sound recordist and sound editor, including Director, Sally McLean's feature-length documentary Champion.
For more information about Tim's work, visit his sound business website: http://www.assumption-audio.com/
IMDB PROFILE: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5926166/
Produced by Sally McLean, Billy Smedley & Christopher Kirby for Incognita Enterprises
Written & Directed by Sally McLean
Featuring Nadine Garner, Christopher Kirby, Sarah Hallam, Sally McLean, Billy Smedley, Jessica To and Nikolas Morris with Newsreader voice-over by Tim McCormick
Cinematographer: Shaun Herbertson
Sound Design & Editing: Tim McCormick
Editors: Sally McLean & Thanassi Panagiotaras
Colourist: Thanassi Panagiotaras
Production Design: Eleanora Steiner
Wardrobe: Greta Weiner
Make Up: Taryn & Joel Gionis
Standby Props: Bianca Milani
Graphic Props Researcher & Props Buyer: Lisa Cookson
First Assistant Camera: Tim McCormick
Gaffer: Fabio Capodivento
Second Assistant Camera: Srini MadHavan
Production Management: Megan Williams & Lena McMurray (for Auspicious Arts Projects Inc.)
Unit Manager: Margaret Woodlock-McLean
Stills Photographer: Phill Northwood
Behind The Scenes Camera: Cole Kirby
Producers Assistants: Nikolas Morris & Jessica To
Production Assistants: Eva Torkkola & Georgia Kirby
Music by Glenn Miller
With thanks to Rye RSL, Warwicks, Tom McEvoy (Costumes)
Filmed on location at St Catherine's School, Melbourne


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CHICAGO --The Chicago City Council passed a new curfew for people under the age of 17.Starting on March 12, the curfew will be 10 p.m. from Sunday through Thursday. On Fridays and Saturdays, the new curfew time will be 11 p.m.
The council also approved a measure to increase the real estate transaction tax. It's part of the bill passed in Springfield to close the operating funding shortfalls at the Chicago Transit Authority, Pace and Metra.
The measure means people buying property in Chicago will have to pay $10.50 per $1,000 of the property sale price.
Once the city begins collecting on the tax increase, it will generate $63 million for the CTA.


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British by birth, brought up in Spain and South America, Nick brings the experience, creativity and industry knowledge to support taking Desert Gate to the next level and fulfil our vision of being the "Reference in Premium travel in the region" Having led both inbound and outbound businesses, he brings a vast range of knowhow to our group that is key to understanding our partners better and how to successfully serve them.
Before joining Desert Gate, Nick was Managing Director of Global Ground Services for DNATA, looking after product and supplier relations for their brands worldwide. Before that, he was for many years Managing Director of COCHA Destination Management, Global Luxury and MICE for the largest travel group in Chile and one of the 3rd largest in South America.
With Nick on-board, Desert Gate enters a new phase of growth, augmenting its relationships with its Supplier Partners with a unique value proposition, and at the same time, offering a wider range of top quality product, services and support to its global Commercial Partners


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